{"id":6676,"date":"2017-11-09T10:33:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T18:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=6676"},"modified":"2017-11-09T10:33:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T18:33:15","slug":"wolves-stay-close-quarter-cougars-pull-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wolves-stay-close-quarter-cougars-pull-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves stay close for a quarter before the Cougars pull away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6678\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernjournal\/files\/2017\/11\/Football1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"247\" class=\" wp-image-6678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2017\/11\/Football1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2017\/11\/Football1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2017\/11\/Football1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Hanna Kristensen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>Riley Buerk | Freelancer <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Western got off to a strong start against the Azusa\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pacific Cougars, scoring on two early drives of the game for a 13-7 lead. The Cougars would eventually get back on track en route to a 41-16 win. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first scoring drive was quick, with the Wolves going 79 yards in 48 seconds. Sophomore running back Devon Fortier scored on an eight-yard run.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Azusa answered back right away, going 72 yards in just under two minutes with redshirt freshman quarterback Tyrone Williams Jr. finding sophomore wideout Darrell Adams Jr. for a 58-yard touchdown.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the end of the first quarter, the Wolves struck again, with senior quarterback Nick Duckworth connecting with senior receiver Paul Revis for a two-yard touchdown pass, completing a drive that lasted seven and a half minutes. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Wolves were outscored 21-0 in the second quarter, making the total tally at halftime 28-13, and Azusa never looked back.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The only score in the third quarter came on a 27-yard field goal by Wolf junior Adrian Saldana. The Wolves headed into the fourth quarter down 28-16.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Azusa struck quickly in the fourth, scoring on their first two drives and putting the game out of reach. Junior tailback Kurt Scoby would score both touchdowns, the first on a 19-yard run and the second on a one-yard run. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Duckworth finished with 243 yards on 20-47 passing with one touchdown, while Fortier had 105 yards on 18 rushing attempts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Western looks to bounce back on Nov. 11 against Simon Fraser on senior night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contact the author at rbuerk17@mail.wou.edu<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riley Buerk | Freelancer Western got off to a strong start against the Azusa\u00a0Pacific Cougars, scoring on two early drives of the game for a 13-7 lead. The Cougars would eventually get back on track en route to a 41-16 win. \u00a0 The first scoring drive was quick, with the Wolves going 79 yards in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1017,"featured_media":6677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1017"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}